npr:In Haiti hundreds of thousands of people affected by Hurricane Matthew are still waiting for aid
npr:In Haiti hundreds of thousands of people affected by Hurricane Matthew are still waiting for aid.The death toll is in the hundreds and is expected to rise. The Haitian president calls the situation in the southwest a catastrophe.People are trying to get on with their lives in Les Cayes, a town of some 80,000 residents. Amid the felled power lines and destroyed buildings, street vendors have gone back to selling mangoes and fried plantains. Stores have reopened.Despite this attempt to get life back to normal, aid agencies say the needs are huge. Hundreds of thousands of people had their homes partially or totally destroyed. Crops have been wiped out.Haiti’s Storm Refugees Want To Know: What’s The Plan?Photo: Jason Beaubien/NPR -- source link